October 26, 2025
Prelude
Welcome
Opening Song
(8:00-10:00) “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” #504 vs. 1, 2, 4
(11:00) “Cornerstone”
Psalm 84:1-7
Leader: How dear to me is your dwelling, O Lord of hosts!
Cong: My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
Leader: Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young, by the side of your altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.
Cong: Happy are they who dwell in your house!
Leader: They will always be praising you.
Cong: Happy are the people whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way.
Leader: Those who go through the balsam valley will find it a place of springs, for the early rains have covered it with pools of water.
Cong: They will climb from height to height, and the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
Song
“Take, oh, Take Me As I Am” #814
Pastor: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Cong: And also with you.
Prayer of the Day
Pastor: Almighty God, gracious Lord, we thank you that your Holy Spirit renews the church in every age. Pour out your Holy Spirit on your faithful people. Keep them steadfast in your word, protect and comfort them in times of trial, defend them against all enemies of the gospel, and bestow on the church your saving peace, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. And all God’s children said loudly...Amen!
First Reading: Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22
Although our iniquities testify against us, act, O Lord, for your name’s sake; our rebellions indeed are many, and we have sinned against you. O hope of Israel, its savior in time of trouble why should you be like a stranger in the land, like a traveler turning aside for the night? Why should you be like someone confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot give help? Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not forsake us!
  Thus says the Lord concerning this people: Truly they have loved to wander; they have not restrained their feet; therefore the Lord does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
Have you completely rejected Judah? Does your heart loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We look for peace but find no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.
We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord, the iniquity of our ancestors, for we have sinned against you. Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake; do not dishonor your glorious throne; remember and do not break your covenant with us.
Can any idols of the nations bring rain, or can the heavens give showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God? We set our hope on you, for it is you who do all this.
This is the Word of the Lord…Thanks be to God!
Gospel: Luke 18:9-14
Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.  I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’  But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’   I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”
The Word of the Lord…Thanks be to God.
Message
Song of the Day
(8:00-10:00) “We Walk By Faith” #635 vs 1-4
(11:00) “Who You Say I Am”
Apostles Creed (8:00, 9:00)
Announcements
Offering
Prayers of the Church
Words of Institution
The Lord’s Prayer
Lamb of God
(8:00, 9:00) Setting Eight - Hymn pg 191
Communion Song
“Just as I Am” #592
Blessing and Benediction
Closing Song
(8:00-10:00) “My Hope is Built on Nothing Less” #596 vs 1, 2, 4
(11:00) “This is Amazing Grace”
Go in peace, serve the Lord...Thanks be to God!
Postlude